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our outcomes in infant mortality and how long survival is much less. 26 and 30 compared to other countries. terrible and discouraging. therefore, we need what? it is outpatient care am a it is what goes on at the home, it is palliative care. that is why you have to have these integrative systems with tentacles out where you monitor the continuum of care over time. that's where everyone is going that will bring those systems then. outcome is not as good, therefore -- the therefore is critical. if you look at how long somebody lives, it is 30% genetic, 15% how rich you are, socioeconomic
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status, it's five percent the environment around you and 40% behavior. do we wear seatbelts? do we smoke? that's not what anybody in this room has historically been responsible for. the 15% of all of that is what we are -- hospitals, doctors, nurses, obamacare. you cannot fix the 15%, i don't care how a fish hospital, if you want to fix the debt and entitlements and the future of america and the american dream. the cost, yes address the 15% where the hospital sits, but the changing behavior getting into communities, partnering with employers and engaging technology that engages the consumer who is out there a year after hospitalization.
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wearing this job own thing that you have that tells you how much you sleep, that's going to have to be the purview of the hospital if you want to make people live longer and lower the burden of disease and improve the health of the nation. >> i would say about quality, the heart surgeons have for years have results printed in the newspapers. you can all google it. when i operated on patients, i would print out, and there are about 65 or 70 fields that will say here, based on your data, your comorbidity, family history, here is your chance of dying from this aortic valve
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valve replacement. here's your chance of being in the hospital for more than five days. here are my personal results from patients like you. we have to demystify all of that data and empower consumers. many of the patients we saw would come to us with this data already. we have to push this down into not as educated people through churches and social programs am a school and start early. a campaign where children need to know what the data is. there is a very innovative program that a high school student in the bay area came up with. get community project hours in the school. you took on work to your parents to say you need to get online and do this survey so you know what you're numbers are.
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what's your cholesterol? what is your bmi? it's going to be an education process and we need to inform them and push them about what quality really is. >> i want to keep us moving along here. you lead a large, prestigious academic institution. i have four kids at home. three of them are teenagers. i'm not asking for you to let them in, but that would be great. [laughter] with the doctors and executives and others facing really tough challenges ahead, the migration ahead is challenging. one part says i'm five years away from retiring any other part of the population says this is exciting and i can't wait to solve these problems. if my children wanted to work in the hospital of tomorrow or work in health care in 10 years, if
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you are thinking about a future in health care, to build an optimistic case, why should they take on this challenge? >> it is a combination of things. is where the next adventure is. it's a major driver of our economy. there are huge amounts of new money going into it and we can't keep doing it the way we have been doing it. for a young person who is entrepreneurial and adventurous and wants a real challenge, there is going to be nothing like health care. it's where the action is going to be and where the excitement is going to be. that's what i say to my students. >> join me in thanking our panelists for a great discussion. [applause] >> mrs. kennedy is very well known as a style icon.
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mrs. kennedy put an awful lot of thought into her wardrobe when she was representing the country both at the white house and while traveling up abroad. she would think about what colors would mean something to the country i'm about to visit her for her come of fitness to canada, she chose this red suit. it was a gesture of respect for the read of the canadian maple she putritory i believe thought into her wardrobe. to pick ahe -- how style that would make her stand out in the crowd. >> first lady jacqueline kennedy, monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span three. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. then this veterans day with -- weekend, president obama talks about the observations made by president -- servicemen and servicewomen.
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there is a republican address. he talks about the impact of the health care law since its implementation. >> hello, everybody. veterans day weekend is a chance for all of us to state two simple words -- thank you. thank you to that greatest generation who fought island by island across the pacific to free millions from fascism in europe. thank you to the heroes who risked everything through the bitter cold of korea and stifling heat of vietnam. thank you to all the heroes who have served, most recently our 9/11 generation of veterans from iraq and afghanistan. now that more of them are coming home, we need to serve them as well as they serve us, and that requires more than a simple thank you, especially from those of us who have been elected to serve. i have often said that my top priority is growing the economy, creating jobs, and restoring middle-class security, and a very important part of that is making sure every veteran has every chance to share in the opportunity he or she has helped defend.
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in addition to the care and benefits they have earned, that means a good job, good education, and a home to call their own. if you fight for your country overseas, you should never have to fight for a job when you come home. i've made sure the federal government leads by example, and since i took office, we've hired 300,000 veterans to keep serving their country. our new transition assistance program is helping veterans and their spouses find that new job and plan their career. i will keep calling on congress to do the right thing and pass the veterans job corps. put our veterans to work rebuilding america. our troops again unmatched skills while serving in harms way. we are also doing what we can to connect more businesses with highly skilled veterans. more chances to earn licenses and credentials for civilian jobs, and new tax credits for companies that hire veterans and
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wounded warriors. tax credits, which congress should make permanent. and america's businesses have worked with michelle and jill biden's joining forces campaign to help heroes find jobs in the private sector. they have already hired or trained 290,000 veterans or military spouses, and they've committed to hiring over 400,000 more. we are also committed to giving today's veterans and their families the same shot at a great education this country gave my grandfather when he came home from world war ii. we are helping more of them earn their degrees under the post- 9/11 g.i. bill. we have worked with thousands of schools across the country to set new standards to protect against dishonest recruiting and predatory lending practices that target our veterans, and we are helping hundreds of community colleges and universities do more to welcome and encourage our veterans on campus. thanks to these efforts and the efforts of the private sector, we have made progress getting our veterans back to work, but
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we've got a lot more work to do, and as more than one million of our troops returned to civilian life, we will have to work even harder because the skill, dedication, and courage of our troops is unmatched, and when they come home, we all benefit from their efforts to build a stronger america and a brighter future for our kids. so to our veterans on behalf of our entire nation, thank you for everything you have done and will continue to do for our country. as your commander-in-chief, i'm proud of your service and grateful for your sacrifice. as long as i am president, i will make it my mission to make sure that america has your back not just one day or one weekend, but 365 days a year. thanks. god bless you, and have a great weekend. >> hello, i'm congressman todd young from the great state of indiana. i've heard heartbreaking stories from many hoosiers about the impact the new health care law is having on them and their families. i would like to share with you
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some of their experiences. mike from bloomington wrote in to say that the plan he has now, which he likes, is being canceled at the end of the year. this, of course, is exactly what the president and other champions of the law promised would not happen. mike's new plan will cost him $900 more a month. scott from salem shared his story about how shortly after being told his company would cover the 20% increase for employee health care coverage, several of his coworkers were laid off. and annual christmas bonuses were canceled. alan from jeffersonville asked us for help with his wife laura 's situation. for eight years, she's been battling a form of incurable cancer. she was getting insurance through a pool which is dissolving because of the new law. after 25 days of trying, the couple was finally able to get
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on healthcare.gov only to discover that just one company currently offers insurance for them through the website. unfortunately, that company will not cover laura's doctors and her out-of-pocket expenses to keep those doctors would go up by more than $20,000 a year. as he puts it, their family basically has two choices -- one, end her treatment, or two, go broke. and there's morgan from bloomington, who shares with me this cancellation notice his wife, kathy, received. to afford a lapse in coverage, she must sign up for a new plan. i hung up this letter last week at a hearing with the medicare administrator responsible for the exchange. her suggestion was that they go to the website. sure enough, they tried. because the white house said the
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problem was too many people trying to sign up at once, they even set their alarm clock for the middle of the night just so they could log on when there was less traffic. they would rather have that certainty and avoid penalties then more worry and sleepless nights. this is what betrayal looks like. here you have hard-working people who were repeatedly told not to worry, that their coverage would stay the same and , if anything, the costs would go down. just the opposite is happening. adding insult to injury, the white house, the president, is not leveling with us. he is trying to cover his tracks, claiming he never really made these promises. no wonder a member of his own
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party called this, "a crisis of confidence." sorry president is truly about this, he will take steps to right this wrong. that is why i have authored a w'sl to delay this long -- la individual mandate tax. after all, how can you tax people for not buying a product from a website that does not work? addition, next week you will keep your visit the health care act. it will ensure that plans and the current market can continue to exist. one should have to go to their mailbox and fear they are losing a plan they like or need heard we are going to keep asking hard questions and hearings so we can get to the bottom of this. the problem is not a website -- it is the whole law. let's stop this train wreck now
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and give americans the basic fairness, and peace of mind that they deserve. thank you for listening. >> congress will be out of session monday in observance of the veterans day holiday. both chambers return tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the house will consider a series of suspension bills at six: 30. in the senate, time is set aside for general speeches until 4:30 will move they forward with folks for eight potential judge for the u.s. circuit court of appeals. as always, the house live on c- span, the senate life on c-span two. talked to a capitol hill reporter.
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>> humberto sanchez is a reporter for roll call. tuesday.is back what is the status of their talks in the issue they are working on? expect a lot of positioning on where the negotiations will begin. on senator gave a speech what her role was tuesday, saying she was looking for a budget deal for the short term. she hopes to close the loophole, but republican seems tactical of
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the idea. confirmationolding hearings and for janet yellen. >> harry reid wants to get those -- ass soon as also bowl, possible. they are both coming next week, and we could see some action soon after they come out of committee. senator rand paul has written to yellen'sd on janet nomination. with jeh johnson, some republicans have raised concerns qualifications. >> the house expecting to take to healthfor changes
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care. >> the law basically authorizes plans that would be canceled under obama care. the bill hands that president obama said evil could keep their lands if they like them. the idea is basically to score voids, but there is a debate whether there should a delay in the affordable care act. >> health care legislation pharmacynate involving compounding. they are supposed to consider more nominations. what else is in the senate? with thel have a vote d.c. court judge.
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get the 60ly to not votes needed. there are three vacant seats. they defeated one person last week emma and this will likely -- she will likely not get the filibuster. then the senate will move to legislation, which is basically designed to expand oversight after a meningitis outbreak last year that killed 65 people due to medication that was ontaminated. the issue is the senator wants a new amendment he has been fishing for a while to prohibit and to ensure all staff go
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to the exchanges. senator reid is offering an , and they continue to talk. humberto sanchez writes for roll call. we thank you for your time today. >> thank you so much. >> c-span, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house of, briefings, all as a public withce of rabbit industry c-span, created by the cable industry 43 years ago. ou can watch us in hd. >> the privacy and oversight board met on monday. they talked about the amou

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